State of Arizona v. Francisco Miguel Urrea

JUSTICE BOLICK, opinion of the Court:

¶ 1 During a trial on narcotics charges, the prosecutor violated Defendant's equal protection rights by using peremptory strikes to remove Hispanic jurors from the venire in violation of Batson v. Kentucky , 476 U.S. 79 , 106 S.Ct. 1712 , 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). We hold that the trial court's remedy reinstating the wrongfully excluded jurors to the venire was proper.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Defendant Francisco Miguel Urrea was charged with and found guilty of transportation of a narcotic drug for sale. During jury selection, Urrea raised a Batson…